Director: Balázs Zoltán


Eternal (Mother): Katalin Gönczy Hegedűs
III. Me (Water): Tamás Presits
II. Me (Earth): Eszter Vörös
I. Me (Sky): Angéla Császár
Fernando Pessoa (Fire): István Kelemen

Opening night: 15 November 1999, Merlin Theatre

Translators: Kálmán Kovách, József Romhányi

Rendező: Zoltán Balázs


Cast:
Nanki-Poo: Zoltán Lendváczky / Gyula Orendt
Ko-Ko: Péter Jankovics / Dániel Kelemen
Pooh-Bah: Péter Bercsényi / Zsolt Tihanyszegi
Pish-Tush: Antos Gémes / Gábor Bálint
Yum-Yum: Zsófi Vesztl / Viktória Denk
Pitti-Sing: Borbála Karádi / Nadin Haris
Peep-Bo: Viktória Éva Nagy / Renáta Németh
Katisha: Mariann Fabók / Anna Ágnes Kun
The Mikado: András Gombai-Nagy / Pál Sebestyén

Composer: William S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan
Head of teacher: János Meczner
Puppets: Judit Gombár, Pál Lellei
Musical director: Dániel Dinyés

Opening night: 2007, january 12., University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest

Tour:
Skupa’s Pilsen International Puppet Festival, Pilsen, Czech Republic - 2008
Culture House, Sighetu Marmației, Romania - 2008
Baia Mare Theatre, Baia Mare, Romania – 2008
Arezzo, Italy - 2007
International Contemporary Puppet Festival, Eger, Hungary – 2007
POSZT – National Theatre Festival, Pécs, Hungary - 2007
Budapest Puppet Theatre - 2007

Translation: Gábor Thurzó, György Rónay

Director: Zoltán Balázs


Cast:
King Peter / Prince Leonce / Valerio: Gábor Jászberényi, Ákos Orosz, Zoltán Lendváczky, Zsolt Páll, Ádám Tompa
Princess Lena / The Governess / Rosetta / The Court: Éva Bakos, Hermina Fátyol, Kamilla Fátyol, Judit Ligeti Kovács, Katalin Simkó, Erika Tankó
Percussions: Kornél Mogyoró
Literary adviser: Judit Góczán
Set and costume design: Judit Gombár
Assistant of director: Mirella Mátrai
Production manager: Andrea Demeter, Balázs Erős

Opening night: 9 May 2008, Bárka Theatre

Tour:
DIALOG International Theatre Festival, Wroclaw, Poland - 2011
Holland Festival, Amsterdam, Netherland - 2011
SIBFEST International Theatre Festival, Sibiu, Romania - 2011
Borstnik International Theatre Festival, Maribor, Slovenia - 2010
THEATRE WORD International Festival, Brno, Czech Republic - 2010
REÖK Performing Art Centre, Szeged, Hungary - 2010
POSZT - National Theatre Festival, Pécs, Hungary - 2009

A romantic opera in 2 acts sung in German.

The libretto is based on Der Vampyr oder die Totenbraut by H. L. Ritter.
Librettist: Wilhelm August WOHLBRÜCK
Accompanied by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra.

Director: Zoltán Balázs

Zoltán Balázs about Der Vampyr:
“Based on the Dr. John W. Polidori short story of the same title, H. Marschner’s opera, Der Vampyr has the Gothic atmosphere of the “night of Frankeinstein’s”. Doctor Polidori created his ghost story in the bizarre company of Mary Shelley one Swiss night, when more and more strange creatures were let loose by their minds. The richly flowing and extremely sensitive music of Marschner raises the special atmosphere of the novel and it embraces the protagonist of the story, Lord Ruthven the vampire, in a romantic way. Outside the world of the living and the dead, he is searching for his place, time, and mostly himself in his victims. That is why it’s inevitable to entirely identify him as the victim. A direct result is self-destruction. That is why it’s inevitable for him to identify with the role of the victim. The twin-reflex of this self-destructive and re-creational vital force is Aubry, Lord Ruthven’s old friend and perfect complement. They are like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a couple of schizophrenic symbiosis that entered the mystical literature of the collective subconscious. Protagonists of this symbolic opera are lonely planets on the unstoppable roundabout of life and death. The only possible obstacle in the spinning of death drive, the possibility of love. ...The delicate balance of Eros and Thanatos.”

Competition roles:

Janthe/Emmy (soprano): Helen KEARNS (Ireland)
Malwina (soprano): Vanessa LE CHARLÈS (France)
Aubry (tenor): Marc HAFFNER (France)
Ruthven (baritone): Nabil SULIMAN (Syria)

Performers:
Sir Humphrey, Lord von Davenaut (bass): Christophe FEL
Sir Berkley (bass): Christophe FEL
George Dibdin (tenor): François PIOLINO
John Perth (scripted role): Christophe FEL
James Gadshill (first tenor): Jean-Jacques L'ANTHOEN
Richard Scrop (second tenor): Davy CORNILLOT
Robert Green (first bass): Guillaume RAULT
Toms Blunt (second bass): Ronan AIRAULT
Suse (mezzo-soprano): Karine AUDEBERT
Vampire Master (prose role): Marc HAFFNER/Nabil SULIMAN

Accompanied by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Resident Orchestra of the festival.

Conductor: Olari ELTS
Set and Costume Design: GOMBÁR Judit
Choreographer: SZŐLLŐSI András
Dramaturg: GÓCZÁN Judit

Opening night: 31 Oktober, 2008, Opera de Rennes, France

Tour:
Armel Operafestival, National Theatre, Szeged, Hungary - 2009

Director: Zoltán Balázs

Odysseus: Attila Balázs
Telemachus: Zénó Faragó
Eumaiosz:András Zsolt Bandi
Antinoosz: Géza Aszalos
Eurümakhosz: András Csaba Moldos
Amphinomosz: Attila Kiss
Pallas Athena: Ágota Szilágyi
Penelope: Erika Tankó
Calypso: Andrea Tokai
Circe: Etelka Magyari
Nausika: Rita Lőricz
Eurüklei, Agamemnon, Teireszia, Antikleia, Cyclops, Sirens: Géza Asztalos, Molnos András Csaba Molnos, Andrea Tokai, Etelka Magyari Etelka, Rita Lőrincz, Attial Kiss

Opening night: 11 March 2010., Csiky Gergely Theatre, Timisoara, Romania

Tour:
TEST - Euroregional Theatre Festival, Timisoara, Romania - 2010